Many large businesses do not own computers. They lease their equipment.
Dell has made a huge impact on business leases. A company will lease
a piece of equipment for 2-3 years. When they are done with it they
replace it with new equipment and ship the old stuff back to the
leasing company.
Problem solved.
It is quite difficult for many businesses to buy and sell equipment
unless they have a specific entity that will handle all this. To
them the lease model is good practice.
The Federal Government (I am most familiar with the military) Keep
their stuff until it is antiquated so it has absolutely no value when
it is done.
Colleges/Universities keep their equipment for a long period of time
and buy all of their stuff. They usually find a non profit/school to
donate the equipment to when they are done. Again usually when it's
shelf life is past expiration.
I have gotten some nice older Mac equipment this way. Absolutely no
resale value at all.
Stewart
At 07:16 AM 11/9/2007, you wrote:
I am a Mac/Apple user, but am not sure I agree about resale value
driving market. Do any of you regularly resell old computers?
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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